Students can find the Honors Center at the Claire T. Carney Library, Room 212. Students can also locate the Honors Program Director and Cindy Pisapia to ask any questions about the Honors Program.
Honors Program Staff
Catherine Villanueva Gardner
Director of the University Honors Program; Professor, Department of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies
Office: Library Room 215
Professor Catherine Villanueva Gardner specializes in feminist philosophy, especially ethics, epistemology, and the retrieval of forgotten historical women philosophers. Her most recent book Empowerment and Interconnectivity: Toward a Feminist History of Utilitarian Philosophy (PSU Press, 2012) explores whether there is a distinctive feminist approach to the history of philosophy. Her first book Women Philosophers: Genre And The Boundaries Of Philosophy (Westview, 2003) examines why women philosophers have been excluded from the philosophical canon. Gardner was also invited to write a reference work, Historical Dictionary of Feminist Philosophy (Scarecrow, 2006). In addition, Gardner has published articles in journals and edited collections.
Email: cgardner@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.8253
Brian Ayotte
Associate Director of the University Honors Program, Associate Professor of Psychology
Office: LARTS Room 347
Professor Ayotte is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is also an adjunct faculty member of Center on Aging at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. His research focuses primarily on the role of individual characteristics and interpersonal relationships in health and health behaviors throughout the life span. Prof. Ayotte has published over 16 peer reviewed articles and contributed to several book chapters.
Email: bayotte@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.9206
Keota Fields
Coordinator of Success and Advising, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Office: LARTS Room 380
Cindy Pisapia
Administrative Assistant for the University Honors Program
Office: Library Room 214
Cindy Pisapia has been at UMass Dartmouth for 29 years. During that time, she has worked for the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Center for Marine and Science Technology, and for the last 18 years, she has worked for the Honors Program.
Email: cpisapia@umassd.edu
Telephone: 508.999.8820, Fax: 508.910.6541
Honors Council Student Directors
Grant E. Mooney
Student Director
Email: gmooney@umassd.edu
Brianna Johnson
Associate Student Director
Email: bjohnson4@umassd.edu
Karen Keller
Secretary
Email: kkeller@umassd.edu
Beth Luvisia
Community Sevice Director
Email: bluvisia@umassd.edu
Honors Committee
Gary Davis
Professor, Mathematics
Office: LARTS, Room 394E
Phone: 508.999.8739
gdavis@umassd.edu
Gavin Fay
Assistant Professor, Fisheries Oceanography
Office: 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven
Phone: 508.910.6363
gfay@umassd.edu
Hilary Kraus
Associate Librarian, Library/Information Services
Office: Library, Room 238
Phone: 508.999.8681
hkraus@umassd.edu
Ling Lin
Associate Professor
Office: CCB, 320
Phone: 508.999.8053
llin@umassd.edu
Bruce Maddocks
Full Time Lecturer, Design
Office: CVPA, Room 302A
Phone: 508.910.6977
bmaddocks@umassd.edu
Stephanie O'Hara
Associate Professor, Foreign Literature and Languages
Office: LARTS, Room 252
Phone: 508.999.8336
sohara@umassd.edu
Ismael Ramirez-Soto
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Office: 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, Room 17
Phone: 508.910.9029
iramirezsoto@umassd.edu
Kristen Sethares
Associate Professor and PhD Program Director, Adult Nursing
Office: Dion, Room: 308 B
Phone: 508.999.9148
ksethares@umassd.edu
